Knicks narrowly beat Pistons: Hart grabbed key rebounds with 2.8 seconds Brunson 35+12
On February 27, Beijing time, the Knicks played against the Pistons at home in the NBA regular season, and the Knicks, who lacked many main players, were stubbornly blocked by the Pistons, and Brunson led the team to a maximum of 13 points ahead. In the final quarter, the Pistons fought back tenaciously to overtake the score in the final stage, Hart had 2.8 seconds left to hit a quasi-kill, and grabbed two key rebounds in a row, and finally the Knicks beat the Pistons in the 113-111 season to consolidate the fourth place in the East, and the Pistons suffered six consecutive defeats.
Knicks: Brunson 35 points and 12 assists, Hart 23 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists, DiVincenzo 21 points, and all four players on the team scored double-doubles.
Pistons: Cunningham 32 points and 8 assists, Duren 11 points and 16 rebounds, 5 rebounds for the team.
In their first meeting this season, the Knicks beat the Pistons 118-112 at home. In that game, Brunson had 42 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists and Randle had 29 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists, leading the Knicks to score four double-doubles. Cunningham had 31 points and eight assists, leading the Pistons to four players to score in double figures.
The two sides meet for the second time this season, with the Pistons without Suser and the Knicks without Randle, Anunoby, Washington and Robinson. The Knicks, who lacked a number of key players in the first quarter, faced the Pistons at the bottom of the league, and they were suppressed by Cunningham in the opening stage, and at the sixth and a half minutes of the first quarter, the Knicks trailed by seven points at 10-17. The Knicks then went on a 19-6 run to take a six-point lead, and the Pistons scored four more points, and the Knicks led the Pistons by two points at 29-27 at the end of the first quarter. Brunson played 12 minutes in the first quarter, finishing with 14 points and two assists on 6-of-10 shooting, while Cunningham had 10 points and two assists on 4-of-4 shooting, both hitting two three-pointers.
Entering the second quarter of the game, the offensive efficiency of both sides was upgraded, and both teams scored 30+ points in the second quarter to attack, and Brunson and Cunningham, the two backcourt cores, also combined offense and passing. Brunson scored consecutive points to lead the team to extend an 11-point lead at 38-27, but the Pistons continued to fight back to chase points, and the Knicks only won by 2 points at 33-31 in a single quarter, and the Knicks only led the Pistons by 4 points at 62-58 at the end of the first half. In the first two quarters, the Pistons scored in double figures, Cunningham scored 20 points and five assists on 6-of-6 shooting and Fontecchio scored 10 points. The Knicks had two players in double figures, with Brunson scoring 17 points and five assists and Hart scoring 14 points.
After halftime, the Knicks scored 30+ points in a single quarter for two consecutive quarters, and also continued to suppress the Pistons on the offensive end, and with 4 minutes and 47 seconds left in the third quarter, DiVincenzo hit a shot to expand the 13-point lead of 86-73, becoming the biggest lead of the two sides in the whole game. The Pistons fought back again to chase a single-digit gap, and the Knicks won by four points at 30-26 in a single quarter, and the Knicks led the Pistons 92-84 at the end of the first three quarters. Cunningham had 32 points, 6 assists and 5 three-pointers in the first three quarters, leading the Pistons to score three double-doubles, and Brunson had 28 points and 10 assists, leading the Knicks to score four double-doubles.
Entering the final quarter of the game, the Pistons overpowered the Knicks with more points and tied it at 101-101 with 5 minutes and 22 seconds left in the final quarter. The Knicks then took a narrow lead again, but the Pistons trailed by just one point with 1:59 left. The two sides then missed consecutive iron shots, Grimes hit a rebound with 34 seconds left to take a one-point lead, and Brunson missed a three-point shot. The two sides made mistakes and steals each other, Hart had 2.8 seconds left to complete the key hit quasi-kill, Hart also caused a foul and missed the free throw, Hart continued to grab the rebound and was fouled for two free throws, Hart grabbed the rebound again to lay the victory, and finally the Knicks narrowly beat the Pistons.
(Text/Drunken Sleeping)